Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takahiro Onsen

Koji Yoshida

Makoto Kobayashi

Kenji Maeda

Koji Fukunaga

Kiyoshi Katano

Shigeru Mizoguchi

Makoto Satoh

Jin Sunata

Masahiro Hadano

Naoki Shimada

Provided is an image forming device which is capable of connecting an external storage device. After the external storage device has been connected to the image forming device, the image forming device performs a software installation based on setting data acquired from the external storage device. The image forming device stores a script for executing steps required for the executed software installation in ordered sequence in the external storage device. When the script has already been stored in the external storage device upon connection of the external storage device to the image forming device, the image forming device performs the software installation by implementing the steps in the ordered sequence in accordance with the script.

Device, software installation method, and storage medium

A display processing apparatus for displaying, on a display unit, an image captured by an image capture apparatus capable of changing an image capture direction performs first display processing in which an image captured by the image capture apparatus is displayed in a first region of the display unit while the image capture direction is changed, and performs second display processing in which, in a second region indicating a range in which the image capture apparatus can perform image capture by changing the image capture direction, display according to the image capture direction in which the received image was captured is performed.

Display processing apparatus and method

An apparatus includes a subset staple setting unit configured to divide one print data into a plurality of subsets and to set a stapling position for each subset, a page layout setting unit configured to set a page layout of the print data, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust, if the page layout is changed when a setting of the stapling position for each subset is specified, the setting.

Information processing apparatus and control method thereof

This invention lightens a burden in development by using a generic device driver and also lightens a burden on a user by automatically performing customization suitable for a model to be installed. A client PC acquires AA from an image forming apparatus as its type ID. A generic device driver to be used is determined by extracting, from the type ID, a series ID determined by the interface. In addition, based on the value of a group ID representing a function group, the generic device driver is reconfigured and installed in accordance with the functions of the image forming apparatus.

Device driver installer and installation method

An information processing apparatus is provided in which a device driver configured to control a plurality of devices is installed. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire function information relating to a function of the device, a storage unit configured to store the acquired function information in a storage medium, a determining unit configured to determine whether the device driver controls the devices, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the device through the device driver based on the stored function information. When the determining unit determines that the device driver controls the plurality of devices, function information acquired by the acquisition unit after the determination is made is abandoned without being stored in the storage medium and/or the acquisition unit is prohibited from acquiring function information.

Information processing apparatus, device management method, and computer-readable storage medium

An information processing apparatus includes a search unit which searches for a network device having a function of communication by the first communication protocol and a network device having a function of communication by the second communication protocol, and a setting unit which, when a network device detected by the search unit is compliant with both the first and second communication protocols, sets a network address for communicating with the network device by selecting the network address from a network address in the format of the first communication protocol and a network address in the format of the second communication protocol in installing a device control program for the network device.

Setting a network address for communicating with a network device when installing a device control program

The present invention is to perform authentication to enable linkage among a plurality of different applications providing a service. For example, an authentication server of an embodiment of the present invention is an authentication sever shared among a plurality of different applications providing a service by using the WWW, which is configured to perform user authentication in response to a request from one of the applications, to determine whether an authentication ID associated with a user who succeeded in the authentication is stored in an authentication database, which stores an authentication ID and user's status-of-use information associated with each other, if the authentication succeeded, and to inform the application, which requested for the user authentication, of user's status-of-use information associated with the stored authentication ID to cause the application to perform a process according to the status-of-use information, if the authentication ID associated with the user is determined to be stored.

System, method, program and storage medium for providing service

In an e-mail processing system with a predetermined limit on the number of destination addresses of a piece of e-mail to be sent, the present invention determines whether the number of destination addresses of a piece of e-mail being viewed to be returned to everyone exceeds the predetermined limit when directed to be returned to everyone for the e-mail being viewed, and generates a piece of return mail creation screen with predetermined addresses in the e-mail being viewed being set as destinations of the piece of return mail when the predetermined limit is determined to be exceeded and generates a piece of return mail creation screen with everyone's address for the piece of e-mail being viewed being set as a destination of the piece of return mail when the predetermined limit is determined not to be exceeded. This configuration improves viewability and operability, for example, when a user directs to create a 'Return to Everyone' mail. This configuration can increase the number of users to be provided with the service.

System, method, program and storage medium for processing electronic mail

To provide an image reading device capable of reading a high-quality image under the conditions such as compactness, simplification, and low power consumption, an image reading apparatus using this image reading device, and a method therefor, white reference data for white level correction is stored in a memory in correspondence with a reference temperature. A temperature near the image reading device is detected, and white reference data is corrected on the basis of the temperature difference between the detected temperature and the reference temperature. The corrected white reference data is used in white level correction of an image signal output from a CCD included in the image reading device.

Image reading device, image reading apparatus, and method therefor

Method and apparatus for displaying a connection status of a device based on connection information

Data buffer apparatus comprising two connectors directly fittable respectively with connectors of data transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus, and accumulating means for accumulating data. In this buffer apparatus, the data buffer apparatus is capable of a function for accumulating data, entered from the data transmitting apparatus through the first connector in a state in which the connector the date transmitting apparatus is fitted with the first connector, in the accumulating means; and a function for transmitting data, accumulated in the accumulating means, to a data receiving apparatus in a state in which the connector of the date receiving apparatus is fitted with the second connector.

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Yokohama, Japan

Takahiro Onsen